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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 AM CST THU DEC 15 2005

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO BE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER 
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.  SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS FELL OVER MUCH OF 
THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  SNOWFALL WAS 
LIGHT...WITH MOST PLACES RECORDING ONLY A TRACE...THOUGH PARTS OF 
MINNESOTA RECORDED A COUPLE HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID 
EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  THE LOW 
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH TODAY 
AND TONIGHT...KEEPING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL 
U.S. THROUGH THE PERIOD.  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE REGION 
WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH...THOUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES BY TONIGHT.  IN 
ADDITION TO THE LIGHT SNOW...IT WILL BE WINDY THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA 
AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH 
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN NORTHERN NORTH 
DAKOTA TO LOW TO MID 30S THROUGH SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA.  LOWS 
TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE WESTERN PARTS OF 
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA...TO TEENS OVER THE 
REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

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